All Forum Posts by: Keith Jablonowski

It is actually only about 56 minutes, for some reason it is uploaded twice back to back. Good stuff.

Met a Commercial Lender for a small private bank in the Chicago area at the WCRT meeting last night. They offer the exact type of financing that we are in need of. Good to get confirmation that what we need really is available.

Couldn't agree more with all those that said get the degree. You hear success stories of those who are tremendously successful without a college degree but they are few and far between.

I have a Mech Engineering degree and went into sales after college. I have been very successful and am in a position now where I do have access to capital that I would not otherwise had. I just wish I had the foresight to start into real estate in my 20's instead of late 30's.

Get the degree, no matter what you decide to do down the road it will be of benefit to you to have it.

Do you mean the 50% rule? If so it means over time that about 50% of the rent you take in will go towards expenses, rehab, etc, this is not including debt service.

It is a quick way to determine what cash on cash return you can expect knowing the purchase price and amount of rent you can expect to collect.

This is my understanding and a professed newbie, so someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

We have no problem backing up the loan personally, but want to loan to be in the LLC's name if possible.

From what I have found you can't really get a mortage structured like that. You would need a standard business loan under the LLC.

If we are missing something please chime in.

Guess we are hoping for the best of both worlds (convenience and rates of a residential loan and security of having the property in the LLC's name). Maybe what we want does not exist.

The lender already stated that transferring to the LLC with a quit-claim deed is not an issue for them.

They did say that doing a refi would be impossible. But given that rates are under 4.3% I don't see that as a big deal.

But they are the ones who advised consulting with a lawyer regarding the liability ramifications of doing so.

Looking to place an offer on 1st property. A 4plex. My question is related to residential financing and an LLC.

We qualify for a good 30 yr residential loan under our own name. Our intention was to purchase the property under our names and immediately transfer the deed into the LLC's name.

What I have heard from an attorney is doing the purchase this way opens us up to more personal liability.. Because the financing is coming from us personally and not through the LLC this is a crack in the veil of the corporation.

We are finding it much harder to find commercial financing since this is our first property and we do not have a track record of success.

We both have excellent credit and a good amount of cash on hand. We would like to leverage somewhat though to allow more purchasing opportunities while prices and lending rates are low.

Can anyone chime in on the risk vs reward of using the residential loan but transferring the property into an LLC?